Vidcon 2014: Follow along on Twitter

Vidcon star

Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

Ricky Dillon, a prolific and popular creator of YouTube comedy videos, takes a "selfie" photo in front of the hundreds of fans that came to meet him at the Anaheim Convention Center for the annual Vidcon event.

Ricky Dillon, a prolific and popular creator of YouTube comedy videos, takes a "selfie" photo in front of the hundreds of fans that came to meet him at the Anaheim Convention Center for the annual Vidcon event. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

By Times Staff

About 18,000 video content creators, viral video stars and their fans are expected to flock to the fifth annual VidCon, a three-day conference being held this weekend.

Los Angeles Times reporters Yvonne Villarreal, Saba Hamedy and Madeline O'Leary will be sending updates from the gathering, which kicked off at the Anaheim Convention Center on Thursday. Other attendees will lend their voices as they comment from the event.